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Whitechocolatespaceegg [Edited]
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Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville proved that a debutante-attractive woman rocker singing about oral sex could earn the attention of the mostly male rock press corps. But Whitechocolatespaceegg confirms--much as her second album, Whip-Smart, attempted--that Phair can be a pop tunesmith as well. Her songs snap and crackle with giddy doses of '80s new wave, Buddy Holly pop, and Stones rock; her husky voice mostly overcomes its previous, potentially off-putting wobble. And while the clangy "Johnny Feelgood" recalls Phair's earlier tough-sex scenarios, "Polyester Bride," which eavesdrops on a conversation between an advice-giving bartender and a wide-eyed female patron (maybe this season's answer to Semisonic's "Closing Time"), is more demonstrative of Whitechocolatespaceegg's thematic maturation: less titillating but no less womanly. And no less feisty. --Neal Weiss
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Tracks| 1 | White Chocolate Space Egg | | 2 | Big Tall Man | | 3 | Perfect World | | 4 | Johnny Feelgood | | 5 | Polyester Bride | | 6 | Love Is Nothing | | 7 | Baby Got Going | | 8 | Uncle Alvarez | | 9 | Only Son | | 10 | Go On Ahead | | 11 | Headache | | 12 | Ride | | 13 | What Makes You Happy | | 14 | Fantasize | | 15 | S***loads Of Money | | 16 | Girls' Room |
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